- Richard Moriarty
Richard Moriarty (born
1 May 1957 atGorseinon nearSwansea ) is a formerinternational Walesrugby union player. He played on 23 occasions for his country, either as a 2nd row or back row forward scoring 2tries and captained Wales on 8 occasions.During his time as Welsh captain he lost only once, in the semi-finals of the inaugural Rugby World Cup against the tournament favourites, the All Blacks of
New Zealand . Wales were defeated but managed to beat the Australia side to claim third place, which is, to date, the best performance for Wales in aRugby World Cup .He has been heavily involved with
Swansea RFC throughout his career. As a player, he holds the club’s all time record for appearances at 472 in a career spanning over 20 years from 1976/77 to 1997/98 in which he also scored 32tries . He was club captain for 3 consecutive seasons 1986/87, 1987/88 and 1988/89 and more recently he was the team manager and since December 2006 he has been on the board of directors.He is the elder brother of fellow Swansea and Wales
rugby union andrugby league player Paul Moriarty who is now on the coaching staff of theLlanelli Scarlets .References
[http://www.wru.co.uk/41_558.php| Welsh Rugby Union webpage - Rugby World cup 1987]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2997934.stm| BBC Sport - Rugby World cup 1987]
[http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/history_browser_view.php?image_id=537| Swansea RFC biography]
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